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Newspaper
Kent Stater
Location
Kent, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1949
Page
2
The Friars club schedules Spike Jones for an on campus show to support the Stadium drive. Expenses total about $3,100 with Spike costing $2,500 paid in advance by members. ticket sales reach around $2,000, with half to non students. The club hopes students buy more tickets to meet a $1,000 stadium gift target.
Bryan McNamara profiles Phillip Brustein Barbara Berg Elizabeth Hagge r Ty and Chuck Fletcher, detailing their roles on campus councils. Brustein is described as aggressive yet controlled and highly active in honor, service and memorial projects. Berg is council loyalist and tea chair, Haggar Ty handles minor yet time consuming tasks, and Fletcher is verbose but effective, with past experience as freshman treasurer.
The report warns that aviation and media careers face stiff competition with fewer planes and pilots needed. Physician and teaching roles show growth, with librarians, secretaries, and stenographers in demand. Alaska reverses its downturn, and Ohio’s unemployment service notes rising openings for skilled workers in coming weeks.
Alaska current job mix includes carpenters teachers nurses engineers and clerks as a construction boom is anticipated this year. Territorial Employment Service reports over 80 million dollars in building contracts awarded in the Anchorage area with government and commercial projects planned. For job openings contact the local Bureau of Unemployment Compensation in Kent.
The Kent Stater lists editorial and staff positions including Jim E. Smith as Editor in Chief and Paul Haney as News Editor along with other editors and personnel. It notes Kent, Ohio printing by Commercial Press, Inc. and dates from 1927 indicating publication cadence and office details.
Dan Williams a sociology senior recalls winter among Palm Beach high society at the Everglades club on Worth Avenue. He describes patrons as unhappy and afraid to laugh, and explains the headwaiter system where tips determined table assignment. Williams mentions notable guests and a reported $1800 dinner check for ten, noting he met W T Grant who offered possible future opportunities.
In a spirited note, Bob Morrison debunks the Captain Brady leap tale near Brady Leap behind a graveyard off Route 43. He questions the 100 foot jump claim and presents a playful theory of Brady's disguise and escape from Akron tribes.
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